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The Social Enterprise Initiative Panel at Harvard Business School
- 15 Aug 2019
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
There are many ways to puzzle together an impactful experience at HBS – it’s “choose your own adventure” and “create your own path”. It’s students and alums asking big questions about how to have an impact – which can look very different for different people. I’ve been heartened to learn the extent to which every entrepreneur is thinking about being a leader. Each one having tremendous impact in the communities in which they work in addition to having outsized financial impact. Some of the best things about the experience I’ve had were created or co-created by students. [...]
This post is part of the Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. In this post, Misan Rewane (MBA 2013, NVC 2013 Winner) shares her insights on founding and leading a social enterprise. Misan is the cofounder and CEO of WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), an organization dedicated to tackling youth unemployment in West Africa. [...]
"A year after graduating from HBS, I was living in San Antonio and looking for a geographic change. I wanted to find a job that would allow me to make an impact in urban communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a perfect fit. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I reached out and applied. The rest is history!” [...]
For the most part, the schools will never know the reason you are applying in round 3. They will only know who you are based on what you submit which should be the absolute best representation of yourself. If round 3 is when you represent yourself the best, then that is when you should apply. [...]
"Nice talking to you as well!" I hung up the phone and looked out the window of my company’s conference room, high above midtown Manhattan. I had just finished a call regarding my acceptance to HBS with Matt Segneri, Director of the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, and it was an impactful one. [...]
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